UI Dev Newsletter Issue #122

Browsers Treat Big Sites Differently

Den Odell explains how Safari and Firefox use domain-specific code to fix broken websites while Chrome does not.

Our CSS isn't opinionated enough

Craig Abbott argues that tying CSS styles to semantic HTML tags ensures accessibility by default.

Better fluid sizing with round()

Ahmad Shadeed shows how to use the CSS round() function to ensure predictable fluid sizing.

Cross-Document View Transitions: The Gotchas Nobody Mentions

Durgesh Rajubhai Pawar reveals cross-document view transition gotchas like timeouts and image warping.

Animating Focus with View Transitions

Chris Coyier demonstrates animating focus rings with View Transitions.

Moving away from Tailwind, and learning to structure my CSS

Julia Evans shares lessons on migrating from Tailwind to semantic HTML and vanilla CSS, outlining findings on structure, design systems, and modern CSS features.

Google might have just killed websites

Kevin Powell explains how Google's AI search shift threatens website traffic and ad revenue.

replacements.fyi

The e18e ('ecosystem performance') community shares a site to map replaceable npm packages to their native or more performant alternatives.